Aims and objects

Any seven or more persons associated for––

1. (i) any literary, scientific or charitable purpose, including charitable societies, military orphan funds or societies established at several presidencies of India;
2. (ii) societies established for the promotion of science, literature or fine arts;
3. (iii) instruction;
4. (iv) the diffusion of useful knowledge or political education;
5. (v) the foundation or maintenance of libraries or reading rooms for general use among members or open to the public;
6. (vi) public museums and galleries of paintings and other works of art;
7. (vii) collections of natural history, mechanical and philosophical inventions;
8. (viii) instruments or designs;
9. (ix) the promotion of conservation and sustainable use of natural resources such as land, water, forests and wildlife; and
10. (x) the formation of welfare of associations of flats, tenements, condominiums or floor space owners, by subscribing their names to a Memorandum and filing the same with the Registrar, form themselves into a society under this Regulation.